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DENIES BLACKMAIL OF “KETCHUP KING" Girl Says Livingston Failed to Keep Contract Made With Her. By the Associated Press. NEW _YORK, November Miss Muriel Buell, formerly of San Fran- olsco, whose arrest last week on complaint of Jefferson Livingston. “katchup king,” on charges that she had created a disturbance in his Wall Street office, today ‘made denial that blackmall had ever entered into the controversy between her and her mil- ionalre accuser. “At no time has Mr. Livingston accused me of attempting to black- nratl him,* Miss Buell said “Our controversy concerns a breach of oontract, whereby Mr. Livingston agreed to pay me certain monthly sums, which he has falled to do since last December. My dttorney is pre- paring papers designed to reopen the case, which Mr. Livingston considers was closad.” x Miss Buell's arrest on the disorder- 1y conduct charge occurred when she visited Mr. Livingston's offices to dlis. cuss a sattlement of their differences, aceording to the young woman, who sald she desired to avoid further legal ac Livingston, who {s 60 years old, and formerly was head of the Snyder Cat- sup Company of Cincinnati, admitted that he had agreed to pay Miss Buell 31750 monthly for life, but. claims that he settled with her for.$12,500. Miss Buell declared that a release of further claime against Livingston was signed by her without knowl- edge of its contents, The charge of disorderly conduct against Miss Buell will be argued in Magistrate's Court November 28. BRITISH GIVE EGYPT 24 HOURS TO AGREE TO DRASTIC TERMS (Continued from First Page.) sided, in the absence of Premisr Bald- win. This council. like the one ear- lier in the day, was speeclally sum- moned to take measures necessary in connection with the notes to Egypt Gezira, mentioned in the note, is on the upper Nile. Irrigation of the area under cotton cultivation in this district has hitherto been limitad to 300,000 feddans, in order not to de- prive lower Egypt of water. This area may in the future be increased extent, without regard tc g special- inter A dispatch from Weekly Dispatch says that the transporf Assave, which arrived at Aloxandria to carry back to England troops whose service time had ex- pired, has received orders to embark Teinforcements for the Sudan. EGYPT CHAMBER MEETS. lexandria to the Br tha Associated Press. CAIRO, November 22.—Premier Zag- loul at a secret session of the Cham- ber this evening 1s_ understood to have informed the Chamber that he was prepared to accept some of the British demands in connection with the assassination of the sirdar, The Chamber passed a vote of con- fidence: in the premier. BOARD MAY SELECT TWO PARKS IN EAST (Continued from First Page. through much of it and half a dozen tmproved highways leading to places that would eventually become en- tranees. Three railroads virtually inclose it in a boundary of steel and have express train service to any of sev- eral dozen towns that will touch the extreme borders of the park. Ex- perts have sald a park there would 300n become the most popular and most profitable National park in the United States. In scenery and wild, primeval moun- tain lands, the Smoky Mountain area s equal to the Blue Ridge, say those who know it. But it is thoroughly inaccessible and would require a tre- mendous outlay of money before it could be made available to even the hertiest hikers and climbers as a National park. Not only would it be necessary to build roads through it, but also to construct many highways to it. Flguring on these facts, disinter- ested park experts point out that years would elapse before the area could be used for recreation pur- Domes. They belleve that it would be moré advantageous to the public and the Government allke to select the Blue Ridge area first. Thera is one more of the more im- portant points in favor of the Blue Ridge area that experts say will help persuade the Government to develop The Southern Appalachian ational Park must be typical of the untry in which it lies. The Great oky Mountains, it is said, are un- anything else in the country and could not be regarded as typical of the Eastern mountains. So beautiful and so wild is this area, however, that those who have seen it are unanimous in declaring that eventual soon, perhaps — it must be preserved by the Govern- ment and made available to the pub. He. Tt will be as representative of.its OWD unusual range of peaks ae the Blue Ridge are representative of the Eastern mountains, Plan Return Visit. The committee that is to-select the park has not yet determined whether it will visit the Mammoth Cave area. Although that section 18 reputed to be quite beautiful, it s far too small to be useful for national park pur- poses. The p-oposed Eastern park will cover an area of at least 1,000 square miles. 5 Tarly in December two, and pos- sibly more, members of the commit- tee will return to the Blue Ridge area and inspect the great forests north of Stony Man Mountain. Im. medlately after they return it is be- lfeved the report will be submitted and Secretary of the Interior Work is expected to make his recommenda. tion to Congress by the first of the year at the latest, and possibly be- tore Christmas. 7 — AMERICANS IN LONDON TO FEAST THANKSGIVING By the Associated Press. LONDON. November 2 ' tragedy, when a 1{0-pound pumpkin sent_from France.to: provide ples for the Thanksgiving dinner of 500_fonely Americans in London, exploded fust before it was landed from an airplane, is_to have a happy sequal this. year. Five pumpkins, one weighing 170 pounds. grown from the seeds saved frém last year's debacle, are to be -made - into “tempting - “tarts"—as the Eriglish call piey—for the great feast. Another treat' will be wild turkeys, to be shot in Norfolk and shigped to London .especfally for the oceasion. The American Ambassador and -Mrs. Kellogg and the Prince of Wales will be ameng the. principal guests at the dinner, which will be finder the aus- pices of the American Society. STACK MURDER BRINGS BALDWIN BY A. G. GARDINER. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, November 22.—A profound sensation was created in all circles by the assassination of Maj. Gen. Sir| Lee Stack, governor general of Sudan | and sirdar of the Egyptian army. ! Lee Stack was a'man of the highest character and was universally pop-| ular. He had arranged to leave Cairo | for the Sudan on the day previous to the murder, but he delayed his departure in order to attend a com-| plimentary diner to the Hon. Herbert H. Asquith, who is on a visit to Egypt and the Sudan. After the crime, he was brought to the house where Mr. Asquith was lunching—and there he ied. Baldwin Faces Problem. As a result of the tragedy, the new | British government is confronted with & most serious situation. It is im- possible to dissoclate the event from | political propaganda and the fact that Zaghloul Pasha had made the sirdar a special object of criticism gravely complicates the British position. The Egyptiun premler immediately made a demonstration of horror and | indignation at the crime, but all the | criminals. escaped and the problem | for the government is what measures | to take to assert its duthority. Much | | pressure is being exercised on the | government to induce it to retrace |its steps in surrendering the govern- ment of Egypt. That policy was car- rled through in the face of great {opposition and unhappily has been attended by the most unsatisfactory results. The great scheme of réforms which the Earl of Cromer had accomplished in Egypt is fast falling Into decay owing to the corrupt and inefficfent native administration. But the most serious fact is the rapid decline which is taking place in the cotton grow- ing industry of the Nils, which, next to the financial reforms, was the most HISPITALTORUN. CAFEDESPE RULE Controller General Himself Indicates Way Employes May Get Service. Although Controller General McCarl has handed down a ruling which | orders discontinuance of the present method of conducting the cafeteria at §t. Elizabeth's Hospital on or be- fore December 31, assurances were given by hospital authorities last night that some means wiil be found | to continue the cafeteria under the law, in order that the 1.200 employes of the hospita! may not be deprived of the service now rendered. Controller General McCarl held that maintenance and operation of lunch- rooms and restaurants “by the use of appropriations for the current operating expenses” of departments is not authorized. Way Out Is Indicated. Means of getting around the diffi- oulty, however, were pointed out by Mr. McCarl himself {n his dectsion, | in which he said: “The maintenance and operation of the cafeteria by a committee of employes or other pri- vate interests would not be objected to by this office in view of the ex- isting practice pursuant to declsions of controllers of the Treasury and the conditions existing at the. hos- pital.” It was learned last night that three possibilities are being considered by the authoritles {n charge of St. Eliza- beth’s. Some are of the opinion that the appropriations committee of the House should be asked for the “loan" of current operating funds, with the proviso that they should be returned | out of profits from the cafeteria. Others prefer leasing out the place to a private concern. Still others prefer a co-operative enterprise to be run by a committee of emploves. The large and successful cafeteria operated atop the Government Print- ing Office is a co-operative affair, it was_explained last night by officials of that office. Other Instances Cited. The Controller General takes of- ficial cogniZance of other restaurants and cafeterias within the Govern- ment -establishments in his ruling agauinst the system at St. Elizabeth’s, but goes on to say: “In no case known to this office are they being meintained and operated directly by such departments and establishments —that {s, by the use of appropriations for paying the operating expenses.' In a letter submitting the question for consideration, the superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s explained that “this food is served on a cafeteria plan, each employe paying for the exact amount of foog he receives just after it is gerved to him. The money is then deposited in the office of the hospital and used to reimburse the current appropriation, and from this money the various bills Incurred for food are paid, including gas and the pay roll.” UNDERWOOD IS NAMED. Senator Becomes President of Vir- ginia Alumni. Senator Oscar Underwood was elect- ed president of the Washington Chapter of the University of Virginia Alumni Association at a meeting last night at the University Club. - Sena. tor Underwood succeeds Dr. W. H. Wilmer. Other officers chosen were: Vice president, W. H. White, ir.: secretary and treasurer, R. E. Shands, and. ex- ecutive council, J. Miller Kenyon, Dr. John Burke, Walter Wyatt and Dr. Hugh S. Cummirg. Speakers were Justice James Clark McReynolds of the Unitéd States Su- preme Court, Dr. George O. Ferguson end MacLane Tilton. | whole |™Manded over to the rule which it CABINET TO FIRST REAL CRISIS Premier Faces Problem of Reversing British Policy W hich Conceded to Egypt Right to Govern Itself—Nation Stirred. conspicuous achievement of the Cro- mer regime. But the relapse of, the country into its former condition was not unex- pected. What has crea*sd concern is the extravagant clalms put forward espectally in regard to the restora- tion of the Sudan to Egypt. No Brit- ish government could yield in this vital matter. Egypt has historic claim to the Sudan. Its attempt to rule that country {s one of the most ghastly stories on record. The English rule has brought se- curity and prosperity to the country and the Sudaneso people would not tolerate a return to the Egyptians for whom they have the utmost hatred and contempt. The Sudan, in the last generation, has become settled and ex- traordinarily successful and Mahidism is practically extinct. Whatever re- ligious fanaticism remains does not turn to Egypt for support and the country would resist being loathes. Cluin Tmpracticable. Zaghloul Pasha knows this but the Nationalist movement, intoxicated by the withdrawal - of the British from Igypt. has committed him to a claim in regard to the Sudan which is neither just or practicable The murder of the Sirdar brings the matter to a crists and the government may be compelled to take drastic steps to protect the security of its adminis- tration in the Sudan. Egypt's right to misgovern itself has been conceded. but Egypt's right to misgovern its neighbor will not be conceded. And if Egypt cannot control {ts assassins they will be controlled in other ways. The danger s that the orime in Cairo will arouse such feeling that the government will be tempted to delay if not to reverse its poliey of withdrawal. GILBERT IN PARIS OVER TAX CRISIS Reparations Agent Trying to Solve First Issue Under - Dawes Plan. By Cable to The Star and New York Would BERLIN, November 22. — Repara- tion Agent General Gilbert has gone to Parls in an endeavor to end the first crisls encountered in the opera- tion of the Dawes plan. This is the conflict over the French law imposing 26 per cent tax upon imports from Germany, to be applied to the repara- tions account. This law stands {n the way of successful negotiations for a trade treaty. The German government takes the stand that Great Britain's tax 1s jus- tifled because it was already in force when the Dawes plan was adopted, but that France did not promulgate its tax until after the London treaties were signed. In a semi-official state- ment tonight the government states that if other countries follow France's | example the time will come when the reparations agent general will not be in a position to relmburse German exporters. The whole thing is a question of the method of paying reparations The tax levied by France goes on the reparations account. But the German exporters state they are compelled to pay the tax in cash when extending credit to thelr customers at the same time, giving their competitors an un- fair advantage. Finance Minister Luther insists no trade treaty can be made without the repeal of this tax. (Copyright, 1924.) e CURTIS’ SELECTION AS SENATE LEADER BELIEVED CERTAIN (Continued from First Page.) while he could, of course, hold the two places, is not giving the matter a thought, it is said. ‘Would Avoid Contest. The one thing which could upset the plan for the relinqulshment of his seniority claim. on the leadership by Senator Warren probably would be an indication there would be a scram- ble for the leadership, resulting in a contest that might lesgen harmony in Republican ranks, not by any means as harmonious as they might be. Tt is belleved, however, that the Repub- lican Senators will iron out the mat- ter before they go into corference and that the selection will be Sena- tor Curtis, who, next to Senator War- ren, has the first claim on the office, having been istant leader and party whip. Senator Wadsworth is recognized as one of the most able members of the Senate on either side of the chamber. While he has served in the Senate ten .years, he is com- paratively young—in his forty-eighth year—and he halls from New York. He probably will be a.formidable con- tender for White House honors one of these days. The chairmanship of the Repub- lcan committes on committees of the Senate will-have to be filled, owing to the death of Senator Brande of Connecticut. It {s expected this eflice will go to Senator. Watson of Indiana, who was the ranking member of the committee after Senator Brandegee. ‘The chairman of the Republican con- ference, the leader of the: Senmate, makes the appointment. Sehator Capper of Kansas, who re- turned to Washington yesterday, was outspoken in his support of Senator Curtis for leader of the Republicans, with the understanding, of course, that Semator Warren did not desire the office. . The Instructive - Visiting Narse: Society is 25 years old, and its nurses have made nearly’ 800,000 visits to about 83,000 patients since its organi- zation — the total for last year was. 57,222 visits to 7,545 patients. The requirements for Washington are for six times this service. LY. N S. clmpnign.—$97,000 needed. Help the nurees heal the sick.’ * Headquarters, 220 Star Building. WILBUR APPEALS FOR MODERN SHIPS Declares Six Older- Craft Should Be Brought Up to Date, in Report. By the Assoclated Press. Modernization of the six older bat- tleships of the American flest is es- sential, Secretary Wilbur declared in his annual report, made public today, “If our ratio of naval strength is to {ne maintalned.” He indicated his | intention to renew the department's much-debated recommendation for a special appropriation for that pur- pose. The report omitted the annual study of the Navy General Board re- lating to sypplementary construction required to round out the fleet beyond expressing the hope that the bill which failed of passage last eession might be considered by the next Congress. The Secretary {s understood to have de- clded to treat this subject in a spe- clal report, sent to the House sub- committes on naval appropriations. Neither dld he include in his annual report any recommendation for a change In the Navy's authorized per- sonnel of 86,000. While the - report of the General Board for the current year thus ls withheld from publication, it is said In naval circles to have stressed the tncreasing necessity for expediting a construction program to correct de- flolencies in the fleet which, the board held, now prevents the United States from maintaining its proper ratio under the limitations treaty. Afreraft Repart to Come. With respect to alroraft, Secretary Wilbur sald the epecial board ap- pointed to develop a policy had not completed its work, but had gone far enough to make certain that the Navy already recognizes the importance of the air arm to a modern fleet. The recent contract for a patrol plane capable of a sustained flight .from San Dlego to Honolulu is belleved to have had more than casual connec- tion with this study:, “The policy of maintaining the fleet on the Pacific Coast is approved and should be adhered to,” the Becretary said, adding that facilities there for its maintenance should be extended Inadequate funds for repair wers the cause of a lowered material con- ditlon in the fleet during the past year, he said, and this condition might De expected to become more serious as the ships aged. A subsidiary ef- feot of inadequate appropriations would be a breaking up of expert navy vard organization, the report warned. Four Ships “Unsafe.” The battleships Wyoming, Florida, Ctah and Arkausas were found *‘un- safe for fleet work.” because of im- paired boilers, the Secretary reported, but he said temporary rcpairs had been mada on all except the Florida. which still is out of commission. He characterized the reboilering of these units as “a military necessity. Declaring the scrapping program was progressing _ according to scheduls, Secretary Wilbur predicted its completion well within the period alloted by the Washington conference agreements. Although the report was written before the flling of the cent {njunction suit to prevent the sinking in target practice of the uncompleted battleship Washington, the Secretary devoted considerable space (o a description of the tests to which that ship was to be put. It was the only hull, the Recretary said, which embodied new construc- tional ideas intended to meet mod- ern mining and aerlal attack, and the department regarded it as essen- tial that information be obtained of the efficiency of such installation. Had the Washington not been avail- able, the report said, it would have been necessary to construct at a heavy cost models containing the same features. Takes Up Ol Reserve. Attention was called to the need of formulating a new congressional policy to control naval oil reserves in the event that the Government's suit agalnst the present leases in Teapot Dome and Callfornia is car- ried to a successful verdict. meantime, the Secretary sald, the re- serves are being administered under a careful receivership. | “The moral standard” of the serv- |ice is at its highest, the report de- clared, “and the Government is to be congratulated upon the devotion of the officers who have designed, bui' managed and controlled its ship “The Navy is a great asset to the Natlon n peace as well as in war," {the Secretary asserted. “I cannot but believe that.the American Navy is & great asset to all nations as a guar- anty of peace and order.” The report called attention to the increasing shortage of officer per- sonnel, ‘declaring it already had be. come necessary to utilize young offi- cers with Ilmited service in respon- sible positions. It was urged that thé allowance of midshipmen at An- napolls be increased to the capaelty of the institution, but the Secretary said it would be far better to raise the requirements for graduation and 50 weed out weaker men than to lower the standard in order to keep @ necessary minimumu of new officers. THEATER AUTO TRAFFIC PROBLEM NOW SOLVED New. York Ends Congestion at Cur- tain Time by New Parking and Calling System. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—The perplexing problem of Broadway's theater-time motor traffic has been solved, it was declared today by Police Department officlals, after a thorough test of the recent orders. There is no more confusion and almost no delay for those who reach the amusement center in their own machines, the statement says. One innovation is the establish- ment of a waiitng lind for each of the 75 theaters given special atten- tion by the department. These park- ing places have been outside of the lanes of greatest congestion, but always within a short walk of the particular theater for which they are intended. In some cases there are lines for several theaters established in the same block. Where this has been done, the machines intended for the play with the earliest final curtain are located so that they may de- part without being forced to dodge the automobiles wafting for the end of other performances. The police- man {n charge of the line-up is given a schedule of final hours, and two minutes before the last fall of the curtain he blows his whistle to get the machines goins. Even the Metropolitan Opera House under the new arrangement, is emptied of {ts motoring patrons within 10 minutes after the orchestra Jeader drops his baton, according to the record kept by the police. The smaller theaters are able to disgorge in.a much shorter pericd. An eight-hour day ' for working women has been established by law: in Argentina. Tn the | burg, Germany, ‘Traffic accidents in the United States took a toll of lives in 1923 almost exactly one-third of the total battle losses of American troops in 19 months of participation in the most sangulne war in history—the World ‘War. Trafic accidents last year se- riously injured more than twice the total casualties of American troops in the war, including dead, wounded, missing and captured, and Injured more than three times the number of American troops wounded in the 19 months of American participation in the great conflict. Announcing the toll of accidents on the streets and highways of the United States last year, when trafic mishaps killed 22,600 and injured se- riously 678,000 more, the committee on statistics of the national confer- ence on street and highway safety, to meet at the call of Secretary Hoover, December 15 and 16, draws @ conclu- glon which i{s particularly applicable to the present situation in Washing- ton where several persons recently have been killed by automobiles whose drivers have not been appre- hended. “It should be made obliga. tory by law for those concerned to report all traffic accidents.” the re- port says, “and an adequate penalty for failura to report should be pro- vided.” Compared With War Losses. Here is @ comparison of American World War_ losses with traffic acci- dents in 1833: Total American casualties in the war—(19 months)—3274,659. Total battle deaths, 67.813. Total wounded, 192,433. Deaths from traffic accidents, 1323, 22,600. Serious personal injuries from traf- fic accidents, 678,000 Eighty-five per cent of the acci- dents recorded for 1823 were dus to automobile traffic, the report declared. The statistics committes was made up of Director W. M. Steuart of the Bureau of the Census, chairman: Dr. | Louis I. Dublin and E. W. Kopf of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York; Charles P. Cres- well of the Association of Life In- surance Presidents, New York: W. J. Cox of the tional Bureau of sualty and Surety Underwriters, ew York; Harold R. Gordon of the Health and Accident Underwriters Conference, Chicago; Dean A. N. Johnson of the University of Mary. land, representing the American En- gineering Couneil; J. C. Long of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, New York; Director M. O. Lorensz of the Bureau of Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commiskion; E. J. Murphy, chief statistician of the American Raflway Association, New York: Dr. J. H. Parmelee, director of the Bureau of Rallway Economics; J. W. Ott of the Integrity Mutual Casualty Company, Chicago: Chief Joseph M. Quigley of the Rochester Police Department; Ethelbert Stew- art, United States Commissioner of Labor Statistics, ~Department of Labor: M. W. Torkelson, engineering secretary of the Wisconsin Highway Commission, Madison, Wi J. H. Evans of the Order of Rallway Con- ductors of America, Cedar Rapids; C. R. Dalton of the Bureau of Municipal Research, Roéhester; Frank A. Good- win, registrar of motor vehicles, Bos- ton, and J. C. Tracy of Yale Uni- versity. Provisfons for Reporting. A study of the motor vehicle laws of the 48 States and the District of Colunibia, the report says, shows that most States have some provisien for reporting traffic accidents. Few, however, made the requirement in uch & way that any centralized statistics are available. In the District of Columbia & re- port of an accident must be made to the nearest police officer, ‘while the District also requires a report of ac- cidents fromt the rallroads and pub- c_utilities. Y The committee submitted the fol- lowing findings and - recommenda- ons: $ "';n 1923 the loss in the United States due to street and highway ao- cldents amounted to 22,600 human lives, 678,000 serious personal injuries and $600,000.000 economio 10ss, an in- crease of 80 per cent in the past seven years. About 85 per cent of these ac- cldents were dus to automobile traffic. “Statistics regarding street and highway aocidents are so vital to any comprehensive understanding and treatment of the safety problem that their collection and analysis in every State and community are essential. New Laws Favered. “Where théy 4o not now exist, statutes should be passed in every State, which would make it the specific business of some State agency, preferably that clothed with suthority for issuing or revoking licenses, to receive trafo accident reports and to investigate accidents, whether occurfing within or without the corporate limits of municipalities. “It should be made obligatery by law for those conocerned. to report all traffic accidents, and an adequate penalty for failure to report should be provided. “Reasonable uniformity in report- ing and tabulating schedules is es- sential. “Standard definitions ' of ~terms should be generally adopted and some competent body should undertake the compilation of such definitions. “‘Sufficleritly detailed information should be gathered to indicate clearly ether the acoidents ooourred be- *cause of: 5 Firat photograph of the new wind-driven turbi for motive power, does away with masts, salls, conl or other fuel “The Buckau,” as it has been named, usew the Flettner rotary turbine and experts expect it to revolutionize oceanic transport. It is shown in the harbor of Ham- U. S. TRAFFIC DEATHS ONE-THIR OF NATION’S KILLED IN LATE WA Economic Waste of $600,000,000 Annually Also Gives Impetus to Federal Move to Reduce Auto Accidents Throughout Country. “Recklessness, carelessness, or in- capacity of persons; fault of mecha- nism of the vehicle; physical cond tions of the locality where the accl- dent occurred. “Accldent spot maps should be maintained, to be used primarily to detect those points at which accidents occur most frequently, and as a basis for plans to eliminate the conditions which cause accidents.” Intensive Study Urged. The experience of the committee led its members to express the hope that fts report “will lead to improve- ment In the field of traffic accident reporting: that it will stimulate the governmental agencies and the va- rious private organizations interest- ed to a more intensive study * * * and greater efforts. In its study of fatal accidents the committee found from the records of the Census Bureau that highway fa- talities are growing at a more rapid rate than accidental deaths from all causes and that automobile fatalities are growing more rapidly than high- way fatalities as a whole. For ex- ample, the total number of accidental deaths increased 10.7 per oent be- tween 1922 and 1923, whereas the total number of highway fatalities increased 17.8 per cent and automo- bile fatalities increased 20.3 per cent. During the six years from 1917 to 1923 the total number of accidental deaths from all causes decreased and automoblle fatalities actually in- creased §0 per cent, or from 9,097 in 1917 to 16,452 in 1923. Where the 1922 highway fatalities were in the ratio of 17.6 for 100,000 of population, the rate for 1923 was 20.4 for 100, 000. The records of the Interstate Commerce Commission were supplied to show that in 1922 grade crossing accidents cost 1,810 lives, while for 1923 this had climbed to 2,268. These did not take into acoount the nun ber of victims who had died of their injuries 24 hours or more after the ciash. Complete Figures Lacking. The dearth of anything like com- plete figures was most sharply real- ized by the committee in its investi- gation of the ratio of non-fatal to fatal casualties. Here the figures for grade crossing accidents of steam and electric railways were supplemented by figures compiled by the American Electric Railway Association, the Na- tional Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, the State figures from Connecticut and Massachusetts, {ro the Wisconsin State trunk line high- ways and a dozen large cities. these studies the fatality ratio rang- ed from 1 death to 114 non-fatal casualties up to 1 death to 83 mon- fatal casualties, the available statistics and weighing each group roughly according to the total population covered, the commit- tee estimated the average as about 30 to 1. “Not only is the problem a grave one,” says the committee, “but it is growing. The total number of motor vehicle fatalities—automobiles and motor cycles combined—increased 20 per cent between 1822 and 1023." Ceneus Bureau statistics for 1923 for 68 cities of 100,000 population and over showed an increase in almost every city, and the average was 14.6 per cent. The Interstate Commerce Commission figures on steam railroad crossing accidents showed not only a 25 per cent increase in fatalities, but a 17 per cent growth in non-fatal injuries. Accident Record Compared. After comparing the accident rec- ords with the registration of motor vehicles, the committes found that in 1917 there were 180 motor vehicle fatalities for 100,000 ntotor vehicles registered, while for 1923 there were 106 for 100,000: but “it is recognized ® * * says the report, “that these figures should not be used to encour- age satisfaction” or to minimize the ur| cy of unremitting effort. In studies of the records of Massa- chusetts and Connecticut, where ef- forts have been made for some time to analyze causes and determine the responsibility, the principal causes were found to be reckless driving, in- attention or careless operation on the part of the motorist. But these fig- ures also indicated that pedestrian | carelessness, both of adults and of children, was an important contribu- | ting factor. Figures supplied to the committee | by the National Bureau of Casualty | and Surety Underwriters. regardin. 2,020 accidents which resulted in fatalities and the non-fatal injury of 2,346 other persons, indicated nearly 32 per cent as being due to the mo- torist and 28 per cent the fault of the pedestrian. Approximately the same result was indicated in figures sup- plied by the American Mutual Alli- ance, an organization of mutual in- surance companies. Oauses of Accidents. Figures were supplied by the Na- tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce as to fatal accidents for the first seven months of 1924, collected for the chamber by 200 newspapers. Of 1,390 motor fatalities, 356 were de. clared to result from the fault of the motorist, 201 were due to. physical conditions of the road—weather or lighting—and 727 were recorded in which the fauylt of the pedestrian was | the major factor. Of the latter group, adylt jay walking was charged with 375, children crossing in middle or playing. . in streets, 234; children coasting in streets, 24, and pedestri- ans becoming confused, 71. In its estimates of the $600,000,000 > In| but combining all | ship just completed in German; . which, utilizing the wind economic_loss, out, the figures were based on $5,000 a life, and on average of $175 for each personal Injury and an added actual property damage of $50 in all accldents involving either personal injury or property damage. The committes took no account of loss which obviously arise from delays and congestion, or such minor prop- erty damages as bent fenders, broken tail lights or similar mishaps. Neither did {t consider the loss due to non- use of commercial vehicles while un- dergoing repairs necessitated by ac- cidents. “As giving some {ndication of what the total losses may aggregate,” says the report, “the following estimates by two students of traffic problems are of interest. W. P. Eno and Prof. E. G. Payne presented figures at a motor vehicle traffic conference held in New Haven,' April, 1924, that showed the total cost of traffic acci- dents to be $1,113,750,000 and $1,009,- 000,000 respectively.” Loss Demands Action. “Whateve; basis of calculation, it i evident,” continues the commit- tee, “that the economic loss due street and hishway traffic accidents has become so great as to warrant large expenditures toward their pre- vention.” In its efforts to secure all available information as to traffic accidents the committee sent out questionnalres to the State Highway Commission of each State; to the Motor Vehicle Ad- ministrator of each State, where such exist; to the chiefs of polica of citles having 25000 population or over, to 55 locml safety councils, to all automobile clubs ir cities of 25,000 or over, and to all local Chambers of Commerce affiliated with the Cham. ber of Commerce of the 'United States. _Highway officlals and motor ve- hicle commissioners all replled, and 249 of the 287 cities sent a report from one or another persons or groups to which the questionnaires was addressed. These replies showed a general tendency for the statistics to be collected in two divisions, one for accidents occurring within c 1imits, and the other for trafic acci- dents occurring outside of corporate limits—records covering the latter class being extremely fragmentary. In some States—notably Maryland both motor vehicle and State highwa: commissions investigate accidents Each seeks information of an entirely different type In the reports dealing with the use of accident information collected, the committee found that {n but a small proportion of cases are such flgures used for other than periodical statis- tical reports, and an_ even smaller proportion of these showed studies by police departments, educational work in schools and elsewhere which made use of such information LONG ISLAND LIQUOR LEAK CAUSES WORRY Enforcement Chief Says Rum Is| Pouring Into New York. ed Pry YORK., November — Through an opening forced by the rum runners, liquor is said to be flowing in such large quantities that the situation has just been called to the attention of the authorities in Washington by R. Q. Merrick, pro- hibition enforcement chief for the State of New York and northern New Jersey. Mr." Merrick’s report contained no recommendation, but he says he hopes that the fact set forth would be sufficient to bring about some result. The exact place of the leak has not been determined. “There !s a big leak somewhere near Montauk Point,” sald Mr. Merrick today, “and the amount of liquor coming in through Long Island is increasing so rapidly that conditions began to look like they did last Winter. I have made a complete report on the situation to Washington.” By the Ausoci . NEW the committee points 287 | during th Annette Bray of Rear Admiral F. E. Beatty died IMere 1 | tod. MUSSOLINI UPHELD BY BIG MAJORITY | Premier Shows Very Cont ciliatory Attitude in Ap- peal for Confidence. Ry the Associated Press. ROME, November 22.—The Chamber Deput today voted confidence the Mussolini government, 337 to ot in 17, Premler Mussolini the closed de- bate, which centered on the gover:- ment's interial policy. With an_appeal for a vote of confi- dence coneiliatory attitude since cisty none of the “big stick” methods that have =o often characterized his par- He concluded Mussolini displayed the moat the Fas- there wera came into power; liamentary utterances. The premier argued that whatever {may have been the faults of the Fas- clst government it was by far the best that could possibly huve been given the country, and with the co: tinued confidence of the party it still would be able to bring Italy through troubled years to pacification for which the whole nation yearned. Answering his critics, udirg former Premier Oriando, who ¢ rged course of the debate the with violation of Mussolini outlined ti been engaged in f the past year In his efforts to n malize the national life Striving for Remedfes. The premier declared that the op position failed to realize that the go: ernment always conscious of the de- fects for which it had been criticized, had been earnestly working to find a remedy. “We are going forward to normal conditions,” he said, “but it is not absolutely perfect nor yet are we moving very fast. Perfection never existed In Italy, and there is almost no bellingerent country where any appreciable degree of perfection or normalization has yet been attained “So long as there are men, nobod: can pacify them all. The best we can hope to do {s to find a middie course of social compromise. What | am determined to attain is that the Fascist party shall disturb public order less than any other. But ab solute peace never existed in Italy a o governmer the constitution, work he had Opposed by Ex-Premiers. Former Premiers Giolitt{ and O lando and their followers voted against the motlon, the combatar group abstained, while Salandra’s fo! lowers voted in favor of it. Last week the chamber voted co fidence in the Mussolini government's foreign policy, 315 to 6 During ‘the closing hours of debate excitement ran so high that a quarrel ensued between the Fascist and anti-Fascist journalists in ths ss gallery. Soon the whole ga lery was divided into two camps, and the deputiss below joined In hurling insulting epithets at cach other. One of the journalists shouted “Long 1 " which threw the whole o an uproar. It took 10us efforts on the part of the presiding officer to restore order BEATTY'S MOTHER DIES. Admiral Reported Ill—Parent Was 94 Years 0ld. 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